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Oasis emerged 11 years ago with a simple, sturdy formula: the members seemed like nothing more or less than ambitious louts. And yet these seemingly insensitive souls specialized in big, starry-eyed rock 'n' roll ballads, with more than enough swagger to balance the sentiment.

Three albums into its career, Oasis is no longer just slavishly imitating the Beatles. Its latest show suggested that the band might be planning to recapitulate the whole time line of British rock, era by era.

The British music scene is, for the moment, convulsed with patriotic fervor. For the first time in more than a decade, young British guitar bands are penetrating the top 10 of the singles charts, brushing aside faceless Euro-dance acts and routing the American grunge invaders.

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OASIS ''Dig Out Your Soul'' (Big Brother) Oasis's best records should be heard in bars, with lots of people talking and a game on the television. Its giant planes of guitar sound and Liam Gallagher's slow-motion nasal burr -- one of the great...

June 24, 2005, Friday

WHAT a winter. Summer can't come too soon. Or so people say. But just wait. The day is fast approaching when soaring temperatures, blistering sun and fraying tempers will have us scrambling for a cool, inviting restaurant. The snug Italian spots,...

OASIS lives up to its name. The new restaurant, in a far-from-tony section of Sag Harbor, is a small island of sophisticated elegance. Located at the Mill Creek Marina, it is a world away from boatyard ambience. Diners see a bright, airy dining...

July 28, 2002, Sunday

TOYOTA MOTOR SALES USA is snubbing its main agency, Saatchi & Saatchi, by awarding a group of smaller, creatively focused agencies an estimated $50 million assignment for its new Scion line of less-expensive vehicles. In a departure from the...

Imagine an aerial photograph of the whole city that is so detailed it can capture something as tiny as a fire hydrant. Such a map exists, called NYCMap, and will be displayed on the city's Web site, www.nyc.gov, this fall.

March 25, 2001, Sunday

The Edison Electric Institute in Washington has named Oasis in New York to create a campaign with a timely purpose, to generate increased awareness of the American electric industry among state and federal legislators and investors. Billings were...

THOUGH England has long since come to terms with the political reality of its empire's demise, remembered glory still haunts the national imagination and reverberates in the country's popular culture: in the flag-fluttering pomp that greets royal...

May 14, 2000, Sunday

NEWS Author! Author! The 37th Cabrillo Music Festival, based in Santa Cruz, Calif., and renowned as a champion of contemporary music, winds up on Sunday by observing the 25th anniversary of a tradition: holding the final concert in the Old...

In the shimmering heat of the desert, a fancy new mirrored building, the Oasis, rises like a mirage on the highway between Jerusalem and the Dead Sea. With a dash of Vegas and a sprinkle of Abu Dhabi, the Oasis, which opens on Tuesday night, is...